Regional Integration Manager

Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading premium international schools organisation, with 80 schools across the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, educating more than 80,000 students from preschool through to the end of secondary education.

Our 14,000+ colleagues share a common vision — to shape a generation of creative, resilient global citizens — and a mission to deliver an exceptional, technology-enabled education that inspires every student to achieve more than they ever thought possible.

Through exclusive collaborations with world-renowned institutions such as MIT and The Juilliard School, our students enjoy outstanding STEAM and performing arts programmes, along with global learning opportunities through our Nord Anglia Global Campus. Our schools offer a variety of curricula, including the English National Curriculum, International Baccalaureate, American Curriculum, Swiss Curriculum, French Curriculum, and Shanghai National Curriculum.

REGIONAL INTEGRATION MANAGER

WORKPLACE: Miami (Hybrid)

JOB PURPOSE

The Regional Integration Manager is the key regional on-the-ground leader for all integration activities within the region, serving as the primary executor and operational interface between the newly acquired schools, the regional leadership, and the central integration teams. This role is responsible for the successful, education-led, and value-driven implementation of the global integration strategy to ensure that newly acquired schools are seamlessly transitioned into the Nord Anglia network of schools and set up to achieve the business case objectives and meet the Group's global standards.

REPORTING TO: Managing Director, LATAM and functionally to Global Head of Integration

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Local Integration Leadership and Execution

 Project Ownership (Regional): Take ownership of the full lifecycle of integration for all schools within the region, from supporting due diligence through post-transaction handover, and final integration into the Nord Anglia network of schools ensuring alignment and management of the integration project plan developed in collaboration with regional functional leads, supported by Group Integrations Operations Manager.

 Contextual Adaptation: Lead the adaptation and execution of the global integration playbook to create a tailor-made approach for each school, considering local cultural context, regulatory requirements, existing school structures, and specific educational needs.

 Operational Implementation: Directly manage and oversee the hands-on, priority-sequenced implementation of critical central systems, processes, and policies (e.g., finance, HR, IT, operations, and education platforms) within the newly acquired schools.

 Budget Oversight (Local): Manage and track integration-specific budgets allocated for activities within the region, ensuring expenditures are aligned with the approved project plan and reporting on this monthly to the Group Integrations Operations Manager.

2. Stakeholder Management and Communication

 Primary School Interface: Act as the primary point of contact for the Principal and School Leadership Team of the newly acquired school during the integration period. Provide guidance, clarify integration priorities, and manage expectations regarding the pace and scope of change. Ensuring full communication and coordination with RMD, MD and functional leaders of the region to ensure regional alignment of communication and actions with schools.

 Regional Coordination: Collaborate closely with the Regional Functional Leads (e.g., Regional HR, Regional Finance) to ensure that their respective workstreams are delivered effectively and on schedule within the school environment.

 Executive Communication: Provide consistent, clear, and actionable feedback and status updates regarding local integration progress, risks, and challenges to the Global Head of Integrations and the Group Integrations Operations Manager.

 Change Management Advocacy: Champion the value and vision of the Group's educational and operational standards, effectively communicating the benefits of the integration to the school community (staff, leadership) to secure buy-in to the Nord Anglia network and minimize disruption to the school.

3. Risk Mitigation and Problem-Solving

 First Line of Defense: Serve as the primary troubleshooter for all on-the-ground operational challenges and execution roadblocks that arise within the sub-region's integration projects.

 Issue Resolution: Identify, document, and anticipate potential risks or interdependencies that could impact the integration timeline or successful operational handover. Develop and execute rapid, pragmatic solutions to keep the project on track.

 Quality and Compliance: Ensure all transitional activities strictly adhere to the Group's global standards, educational philosophy, and local legal/regulatory requirements, ensuring a high-quality and compliant transition that supports the school's long-term success.

4. Post-Integration and Continuous Improvement

 Successful Handover: Ensure a comprehensive, smooth, and defined handover to the permanent Regional Operations team and School Leadership once the critical integration milestones are achieved, providing continued light-touch support as needed post-transition.

 Knowledge Contribution: Capture and document detailed "lessons learned," best practices, and innovative regional solutions from each integration within the sub-region. Share this crucial feedback with the Group Integrations Operations Manager to continuously refine and improve the global integration playbook.

 Operational Readiness: Confirm that the newly integrated schools are fully operationally sound, equipped with the correct systems, and culturally aligned with the Group's standards prior to final sign-off, thus delivering on the approved business case objectives.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications/Training

• Exceptional communicator in English and Spanish (Portuguese highly valued).

• Multilingual capability is key, ideally accompanied by multicultural sensitivity and an understanding of LATAM nuances.

• Education experience or having been an educator is an advantage.

Experience / Knowledge

• Deep understanding of Latin American education, culture, and context.

• Confident leading through change, ambiguity, and resistance.

• Strong project discipline; thrives under pressure and shifting priorities.

• Pragmatic, solutions-focused, and outcome-driven.

• A cultural bridge who unites regional and group expectations with school local realities and culture

Skills

• Handles complex or sensitive conversations with empathy and clarity.

• Strategic leadership and cultural intelligence, combined with hands-on execution.

• Inspires confidence, aligns diverse teams, and delivers results in dynamic, multicultural environments.

• Willingness to travel approximately 50% of the time.

Personal Attributes

• Inspiring, diplomatic, and trusted by all levels, from school leaders to regional and central team.

• High integrity, emotional intelligence, and resilience.

• Collaborative yet decisive, balancing urgency with empathy and accountability.

• The ideal candidate brings a deep understanding of education and a genuine commitment to serving all four key constituents, students, staff, parents, and the wider community, with balance, empathy, and excellence.

• The ideal candidate inspires confidence, aligns diverse teams, and delivers results in dynamic, multicultural environments, serving as a bridge between schools and regional teams while representing the organization as a true ambassador.

At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people can thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils where we embrace all race, abilities, religions, genders, and cultures.

All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both your country of residence/birth and any country of residence within the last 10 years.

We welcome applications from suitable qualified persons from all diverse backgrounds.

Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.